Obviously that particular rat had it’s beady eye on Hollywood fame, because he was next seen a few days later on a similar occasion when Lucy Manning of ITN News was doing a report about phone tapping.
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This problem was obviously caused by fact of Humphrey The Cat’s retirement from his mousing appointment in about 1997.

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He had been conscientiously keeping the Prime Minister‘s house free from rodents since he took up his duties in 1988.

Well, now there is a new rat-catcher installed, to deal with the new ‘furry problem’.

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This new appointee was also a stray, who was formerly a resident of the Battersea Cat And Dog Home.

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He arrived a few days ago, to begin his urgent official duties.
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I expect that strays are always chosen because they are often well-versed in catching live rodents for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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He is called Larry, and he has Superstar attitude, causing consternation when he was irritated enough to scratch reporters who were trying to get too friendly with him.

He is probably the most interesting and popular political appointee of his time.

We wish him well.

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I have just had a thought, when Larry kills his first rodent and presents it enthusiastically to his new owners, it might turn out to be full of circuitry and microphones….because the rats all turn out to be cunning foreign spy rat plants.